hornpipe · Key of D

Sweep's Hornpipe, The

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Sweep's Hornpipe"The Sweep's Hornpipehornpipe35325252054004052023703520452042533252520540040520232054024525424024502320545202202500504240245023205452020540245204533333333333532320205054542420205753532320205054542420533333333323202050545424202050545423054024525Book: O'Neill's 1613Notes:"Collected by J. O'Neill"

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X:1613
T:Sweep's Hornpipe, The
R:hornpipe
N:"Collected by J. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1613
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:D
a>g | (3faf d>f A>dF>A | D>FA>d f2e>f | g>be>g d>fA>F | G>BA>F E2a>g |
(3faf d>f A>dF>A | D>FA>d f2e>f | g>fe>d c>AB>c | d2f2 d2 :|
|: z2 | F>EF>A B>cd>e | f>gf>e d>cd>B | A2f2 f>ef2 | G2e2 e>de2 |
F>EF>A B>cd>e | f>gf>e d>cd>B | A>fe>d c>AB>c | d>fe>c d2 :|
|: a>g | (3fgf (3efe (3ded (3cdc | (3BcB (3ABA G2b>a | (gag (3fgf (3efe (3ded | (3cdc (3BcB A2a>g |
(3fgf (3efe (3ded (3cdc | (3BcB (3ABA (3GAG (3FGF | E>ge>d c>AB>c | d2 f2 d2 :||
FAQ

Questions about Sweep's Hornpipe, The

  • Sweep's Hornpipe, The is in D, in 2/4 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • It is a hornpipe, written in 2/4.

  • Yes. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.

  • Yes. Tenor banjo, mandolin and octave mandola are all tuned GDAE, so the tab above is identical for all three. A bouzouki tuned GDAD needs the top string adjusting, which the converter handles.

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